{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-order-1988/schedule/paragraph-1B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-order-1988/schedule/paragraph-1B.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2019",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-order-1988",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1B",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(u)(iv), a spine is blunt if it is not adapted to cutting.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph 1(u)(v)—\n(a) a sword has a tanto style point if—\n(i) the angle between its primary straight cutting edge and its secondary straight cutting edge is greater than 90 degrees, and\n(ii) the angle between its secondary straight cutting edge and its spine is less than 90 degrees;\n(b) a sword has a reversed tanto style point if—\n(i) the angle between its primary straight cutting edge and its secondary straight cutting edge is less than 90 degrees, and\n(ii) the angle between its secondary straight cutting edge and its spine is greater than 90 degrees.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph 1(u)(ii) and (iii) and this paragraph—\n(a) a primary straight cutting edge is the longest cutting edge of a blade which immediately connects to the handle;\n(b) a secondary straight cutting edge is a cutting edge—\n(i) which forms an angle with the primary straight cutting edge and the spine, and\n(ii) is no more than 105% longer ... than the width of the blade immediately after the handle.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order revoked (S.) (29.9.2005) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/483), art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1B inserted (E.W.) (1.8.2025) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) (England and Wales) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/681), arts. 1(2)(b), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. para. 1B(3)(b)(ii) substituted (16.7.2026) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/836), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1B(3)(b)(ii) omitted (16.7.2026) by virtue of The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/836), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2019/17",
      "affecting_title": "Offensive Weapons Act 2019"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2019/schedule/paragraph/1B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:54:39.146838+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}